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Sea change: exploring the Balearic-inspired beats of Poland’s Baltic coast

A new wave of Polish electronic artists are drawing from the country’s musical past and the atmosphere of its Baltic coast to create a fresh take on Ibiza’s Balearic beat. Ben Murphy speaks to artists, promoters, DJs and labels about this unique scene's development

“It’s all in the sea, innit? One of my friends was saying, back in the ’90s, ‘If the going gets tough, well, you can always...

Something wicked this way comes 

No Bounds Festival kicks off on Friday 13th October, spanning the full weekend through to Sunday 15th across various spaces in Sheffield, bringing a unique...

Rupert Parkes’ razor-sharp 1997 debut remains one of the crowning achievements of drum & bass. DJ Mag explores how this groundbreaking album used intricate programming...

For the last two decades, many drum & bass producers have been obsessed with being the loudest. But for a brief, glorious moment in the...

J. Caesar’s new EP, ‘Take To The Sky’, is inspired by ‘90s UK dance music, balearic beat and street soul

Out now, the four-track EP the newest release from rising London label Scenic Route

Scenic Route's latest release comes from London artist J. Caesar. The 'Take To The Sky' EP is out now — listen to it below. The...

Watch your bass bins!

Jungle is back.

Born in the UK in the early ‘90s, during a period of explosive creativity, the freeform breakbeats of jungle became the soundtrack...

Rude & Mean (James Rudie and EVM128) are next up on High Praise Edits. Hear the luxurious, soulful house cut ‘Just Flow’ now...

Next up on London’s High Praise Edits is a new collaborative effort from James Rudie and EVM128 AKA Rude & Mean.

Key members of the...

The original Brighton cake chucker



As soon as Cakeboy, aka Paul Croler, went to a rave in the mid-‘90s, he left his heavy metal band behind — and drum-kit — in Derbyshire and moved to Brighton. 


42: Tim Healey

Having toured Brazil with Tim Healey where he regularly plays to festival sized crowds, we can testify to the Brighton-based DJ’s crowd pulling and rocking...

While the Top 100 DJs Poll sees fresh young DJs enter the list every year, let's not forget those who've gone before and whose contributions...

 

J Saul Kane (aka Depth Charge)
For: Being a big beat, sampling genius

"He's an absolute pioneer. His early stuff as Depth Charge was...

We catch up with Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim

NORMAN Cook is the Brighton-based beat king famed for his hugely popular incarnations as Beats International, Mighty Dub Katz, Pizzaman and, of course, Fatboy Slim....

Bass-blasted booty beats

“We don’t take ourselves too seriously,” says Matt Pasteman, one half of Mak & Pasteman alongside friend Craig Mak (who also records solo as Last Magpie).

London trio The Hook are hooking audiences with their high-octane live act...

Catchy guitar hooks and groovy basslines make The Hook an aptly-named, three-piece electronic/acoustic band out of London that’s worth hearing. While their upbeat...

Top names support benefit gig and charity album

A load of top names from the world of beats and bass music are lending their support to a benefit gig this weekend (Saturday 14...